Most recently published the spymasters which is a book about how the cia directors shape history. Its a really pathbreaking work at her book. Its the first book that looks at the modern directors of Central Intelligence and evaluates [inaudible] and how they have interpreted their jobs. Well have time later in the program to talk about all of those issues. There is a link available to brookings in order to purchase a copy of the book at a think youll find [inaudible] its really something quite [inaudible] were going to focus today at least initially on the pandemic. The Intelligence Community appears actually did a fairly good job warning and anticipating that the pandemic was coming. And ask you to give us some of the data that point in the direction . Yeah, bruce, first of all before i do can i just say that thank you for the kind words for the spymasters. I was lucky enough in doing this book to talk to almost every living cia director and i was even luckier to be able to talk to yo
Magic and we are excited to have casey cep in celebration of dirks the last trial of harper lee. This is her first book but casey this not her first thing she has given to us write. She has been writing for the the new yorker, the new yorkw york times for many years now, and many of you probably noticed because youre but in all of work she has this super home able to make every detail fascinating and crystal clear. In this one casey works to layout two intertwine can mysteries, one in the story of reverend Willy Maxwell and his trials and the other in the unissued work of a beloved literary market and she has contagious dedication to seeing them through and doing them as much justice as possible. Trust me, and also every person i think who works in this book store in this room, this is a book that you actually cannot put down and i mean it seriously. Im about 20 pages from the end and very sad im not reading it. Casey, we are so excited to have you tonight. Thank you so much for coming
With casey cep. She tells the story of author harper lees attempt to write a true crime book. [inaudible conversations] hello, everybody. Can you hear me okay . My name is r are ebek ah, tonight we are on excited to have casey cep [cheers and applause] furious hours, this is a book that katie sorry, casey. [laughter] this is not the first thing that casey has given us to write. Casey has been writing for the new yorker, the New York Times, many, many others for many years now, and many of you probably noticed because youre here, but in all of her work she has this superhuman ability to make everything she touches fascinating and crystal clear, and this could not be more true for this book. In this one, casey works to lay out two intertwining mysteries. One is the story of reverend Willie Maxwell and his trial, and the other is the unfinished work of a beloved literary character, and she recounts both stories with contagious dedication to seeing them through and doing them as much justi
The u. S. His home raided overnight. All that plus road rage leads to this terrifying Chain Reaction crash. Prince harrys surprising take on being royal. One of the heroes shot at the congressional baseball practice gets a very special honor. Today thursday, june 22nd, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Glad to have you with us this morning. Its a different day but were starting with the same story. Were talking about Tropical Storm cindy now slamming parts of the south. Its happening as we speak. Look at that. Its packing high winds, drenching rain, already whipping up the surf there. Some areas getting a foot of rain in a matter of hours. Its far from over. Al will tell us where its headed next in a moment. Lets start with nbcs Kerry Sanders. Hes in the thick of it now in alabama. Kerry, good morning. Reporter good morning. The ex
His home raided overnight. All that plus road rage leads to this terrifying Chain Reaction crash. Prince harrys surprising take on being royal. One of the heroes shot at the congressional baseball practice gets a very special honor. Today thursday, june 22nd, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Glad to have you with us this morning. Its a different day but were starting with the same story. Were talking about Tropical Storm cindy now slamming parts of the south. Its happening as we speak. Look at that. Its packing high winds, drenching rain, already whipping up the surf there. Some areas getting a foot of rain in a matter of hours. Its far from over. Al will tell us where its headed next in a moment. Lets start with nbcs Kerry Sanders. Hes in the thick of it now in alabama. Kerry, good morning. Reporter good morning. The exacts from